ND Studies Unit 1

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Which statement best explains the KT Boundary shown in badlands outcrops within the Hell Creek Formation?

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It is a geologic layer marking dinosaur extinction about 65 million years ago.

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Which description best defines a savanna in this context? Options: Open plains with scrub brush and grasslands, Dense conifer forests with wetlands, Frozen tundra with permafrost soils, Rocky deserts with sparse succulents

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Open plains with scrub brush and grasslands

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If you were surveying for Eocene fossils in North Dakota, which landscape feature would you prioritize for potential brontothere remains? Options: Modern peat bog deposits, High-altitude alpine glaciers, Deep cave stalagmite layers, Exposed savanna margin outcrops

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Exposed savanna margin outcrops

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A student argues that a lack of fossils between 20 million and 50,000 years ago proves animals were absent in North Dakota then. Which response best evaluates this claim?

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The gap likely reflects erosion, not absence

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What is the required product your group must create for this project? Options: A physical poster board with illustrations, A slide deck with five mandatory slides, A handwritten essay with citations included, A digital one-pager on a chosen creature

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A digital one-pager on a chosen creature

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Which dinosaur is listed among the research topics?

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Edmontosaurus appears on the list

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Which flying reptile is available as a research topic? Options: Tapejara, Pteranodon, Quetzalcoatlus, Pterodactylus

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Pteranodon is listed as a topic

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Where did Glacial Lake Agassiz form, and what was its source of water?

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In the modern Red River Valley from melted glacier water

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In the stratigraphic column shown, which sequence correctly orders the geologic time divisions from oldest to youngest as labeled across the top of the diagram? Tertiary → Cretaceous → Quaternary, Cretaceous → Quaternary → Tertiary, Quaternary → Tertiary → Cretaceous, Cretaceous → Tertiary → Quaternary

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Cretaceous → Tertiary → Quaternary

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Which outcome would most support the case for de-extinction on ecological grounds? Options: Faster laboratory gene-editing publications, Reduced need for wildlife law enforcement, Restored keystone roles that improve ecosystems, Higher ticket sales at natural history museums

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Restored keystone roles that improve ecosystems